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Seventy years on, the Korean War still resonates

Seventy years on, the Korean War still resonates

Commemorations in South Korea yesterday, and elsewhere around the world, marked the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice at Panmunjom on 27 July 1953. Today, amid the war in Ukraine and tensions in East Asia that could flare into hostilities,...

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Warrior Poet George Mansford Poem – God, Please Don’t Strike Our Military Purple

Warrior Poet – Duty and Consequence

“March the guilty b—s in” was once said with much humour. It referred to a weekly phase of administration in barracks when soldiers charged with a military offence were paraded with armed escort before their  Commanding Officer to determine guilt or...

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RCB Update – DHAAT Second Hearing 3-4 April 2023

RCB Update – DHAAT Second Hearing 3-4 April 2023

The second hearing for the Tribunal’s inquiry into medallic recognition for service with Rifle Company Butterworth will be held in Brisbane on Monday and Tuesday at the Royal On The Park 152 Alice Street. It will be livestreamed from the Tribunal’s...

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